# Citation numbering

**URL:** <https://community.crossref.org/t/citation-numbering/1309>\
**Category:** Cited-by\
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**Created:** [5 May 2020 19:33 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/citation-numbering/1309 "2020-05-05T19:33:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![erwinverb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecc23a/32.png) [@erwinverb](https://community.crossref.org/u/erwinverb)\
**Post date:** [5 May 2020 19:33 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/citation-numbering/1309/1 "2020-05-05T19:33:21Z")

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Hello, I’m trying to figure out the best way to deposit the citations for journal articles we deposited.  
As our journal’s bibliography lists are a mixture of footnotes and literature references, I wonder whether it’s common usage to either:

- add every note to the reference list (including commentaries, and things like _Ibid_)
- don’t add commentaries and _Ibids._ to the list but keep the numbering as in the article, or
- don’t add commentaries and _Ibids._ to the list and renumber the references?

Thanks for the advice! Hope this question makes some sense.

Erwin

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**Author:** ![ifarley](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/community.crossref.org/ifarley/32/44_2.png) [@ifarley](https://community.crossref.org/u/ifarley)\
**Post date:** [6 May 2020 21:43 UTC](https://community.crossref.org/t/citation-numbering/1309/3 "2020-05-06T21:43:04Z")

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Hi Erwin,

This is a good question. We recommend that you register those references that are included in the reference list for each chapter or the whole book. We don’t recommend adding the commentaries and _Ibids_ to that reference list.

Thus, my recommendation is: don’t add commentaries and _Ibids._ to the list and renumber the references